Valeo Confectionery facts for kids
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| Industry | Confectionery |
| Founded | June 4, 1986 |
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6 factories |
| Revenue | £150,000,000 |
| Owner | Valeo Foods |
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1,500 (2009) |
Valeo Confectionery Limited is a British company that makes many popular sweets. Its main office is in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The company used to be called Tangerine Confectionery Limited and Toms Confectionery Limited.
For a while, it grew to be one of the biggest independent sweet companies in Europe. It was also the fourth largest sweet maker in the United Kingdom. Today, Valeo Confectionery has six factories across the UK. These factories are in Blackburn, Blackpool, Cleckheaton, Liverpool, Pontefract, and York.
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History of Valeo Confectionery
How Tangerine Confectionery Started
In January 2006, Toms Confectionery changed its name to Tangerine Confectionery. This happened after a new management team bought the company. They bought it from Toms International, a company from Denmark.
The UK part of Toms had grown by buying three older sweet companies. These were Taveners, Daintee, and Parrs. These purchases happened between 1992 and 2001.
At first, the company mainly made sweets for other brands in England. In January 2006, Tangerine Confectionery officially bought the Taveners, Dainty, and Parrs businesses.
Growing Bigger
In April 2006, a magazine called The Grocer said Tangerine was the best own-label sweet supplier in the UK. This meant they were great at making sweets for other companies' brands.
In August 2006, the company bought the sweet-making part of Burton's Foods. This company was based in Blackpool. This purchase made Tangerine's sales grow to £60 million. It also made them the largest independent sweet company in the UK.
In January 2008, Tangerine bought Monkhill Confectionery from Cadbury plc. This deal cost £58 million. Monkhill had factories in Cleckheaton, Pontefract, and York. It also had a distribution center in Holmewood. This purchase included popular sweet brands like Barratts, Sharps of York, Jameson's, and Butterkist.
In April 2009, the company was listed as 23rd in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100. This list shows the UK's private companies with the fastest growing profits. Tangerine was the highest company from the North West on this list.
Becoming Valeo Confectionery
In August 2018, a company called Valeo Foods announced they had bought Tangerine Confectionery. This was a big step for the company.
Then, in December 2019, the company's name changed again. It became Valeo Confectionery, which is its name today.
Where Valeo Confectionery Works
Valeo Confectionery, which used to be Tangerine Confectionery, has several factories. These factories are located in Blackburn, Blackpool, Cleckheaton, Liverpool, Pontefract, and York.
The company's main office used to be in Blackpool. Now, its head office is in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. This is where many of the company's important decisions are made.
Brands and Products
Valeo Confectionery makes or owns many well-known sweet brands. Here are some of them and the types of sweets they produce:
| Brand | Products |
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| Anthon Berg | Liqueurs, chocolate creams, marzipan fruits and special chocolate bars |
| Anglo Bubbly | Bubble gum |
| Barker and Dobson | Mints, Mint Humbugs, Everton Mints |
| Barratt (also known as Candyland) | Black Jacks, Bruiser, Candy sticks, Sherbet Fountain, Dip Dab, Catherine Wheels, Dolly Mixture, Jungle Mix, Dew Drops, Flumps, Frosties and Fizzy Frosties, Fruit Salad, Gums, Jelly Babies, Milk bottles, Milk Teeth, Nougat, Refreshers, Refreshers Gums, Refreshers Roll, Mini Eggs. |
| Fox's Glacier Mints | Mints and Fruit sweets |
| Jamesons | Caramels, Chocolate peanuts, Chocolate brazils, Chocolate raisins, Raspberry Ruffles |
| Lion | Fruit Salad, Fruit Pastilles, Licorice Gums, Wine Gums, Sports Mixture, Midget Gems |
| Mojo | Chews (banana, cola, strawberry, spearmint, orange), lollies, jellies |
| Poppets | Chocolate-covered sweets |
| Princess | Pink and white marshmallows, Marshmallow smoothies (banana+strawberry & strawberry+mango) |
| Sharps of York | Toffee, Fudge |
| Smith Kendon | York Fruits jelly sweets |
| Squirrel | Cherry lips, Floral gums |
| Hobo's | Liquorice Chews With Fruit Sides |
| Taveners | Coconut mushrooms, Toffee bon bons, Eclairs, Rhubarb and custard, Red and black gums, Blackcurrant and liquorice, Barley sugars, Toasted teacakes, Chocolate limes, American hard gums, Fruit pastilles, Mint humbugs, Wine gums, Assorted liquorice, Jelly Babies, Dairy toffee, Strawberry bon bons, lemon and strawberry sherbets, lemon bon bons, dolly mixture |
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